Harrisburg's stray animals

The Craigslist posting on Nov. 18 read: “Male black Lab hanging around Emerald and Penn streets. Very friendly.” After days out on his own, this dog is now frightened, running onto the road when a Good Samaritan saw him on Nov. 21 at Sixth and Hamilton streets and tried to get hold of him.

This dog is a casualty — one of many — of the city’s failure to pay its bill to the Harrisburg Humane Society, causing the shelter to close its doors to city dogs. What is happening to the stray dogs on our city streets? Are they meeting the same fate as Eve and Ruckus, the two family pets shot by Harrisburg police officers in March because they could not take them to the shelter?

If the state takes over the city, surely Gov. Tom Corbett will not allow the slaying of strays to continue in the capital city. As humans, we have a moral duty to care for man’s best friend. Will help come in time to save this black lab?
FELICITY FOX
Harrisburg